Porcelain

My love for Fine, the recording project of Alice Kat and Liam Marsh, extends to having our Subjangle label release two of their albums as well as a triple album by Kid Chameleon (the solo project of Liam) and a future release of the solo work of Alice. Basically, either one could record a fart into a bottle and record it and I would be begging them to let us put it on a CD! Porcelain is the latest project that Marsh has embarked upon, this time with Paul Gordon and sees tracks best represented by Daydreaming in the Dark, Lie as Liars Do, and the brilliant closing double salvo of Wreckless and Knee Tattoo rush headlong into a juxtaposition of cruising Guided By Voices fuzz-pop and a uniquely subtle crunchy guitar that startles within the context of the overall result of the mixture of aural textures. It is Marsh, as we never thought we would hear him, and perhaps it shows the Gordon influence is a superb and original one. The remainder of the release moves more within the emotionality of what we expect from Marsh with the beautiful, incidental jangly riffs of An Anniversary and (What) I’ll Be To You, not only offering Fine’s need for an obtuse bracket but also their sense of introspective indie-pop, whereas I Maybe Be / Curiosity, A Coming Home, and Skin For Safety reside within Young Marble Giants style glitch, jangle, and post-punk inflections. Another truly beautiful sound emanating from a truly reliable source.